On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Tab Atkins Jr.<jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> After some more thought since January, I like Jorrit's sprite
> proposal[1]. It solves the problem of defining sprites in a single
> location quite well, so if you need to adjust the positioning of the
> sprites you need only make a change in one place.
>
> However, it fails to address sprites that are spaced irregularly on a
> grid. This can happen if one has multiple dissimilar images they are
> trying to sprite, such as the Google image Jorrit references[2].
Can't we just require for simplicity that the sprites be evenly
spaced? If they're different sizes, the author can choose a spacing
large enough to fit the largest. I assume the extra stretches of
empty space wouldn't add noticeable filesize.